This course will focus on fine tuning your memoir with a heavy emphasis on structure, revision, critique, editing, and finding your supportive writing community. There will be four lectures to read, and we will discuss several topics each week. Students will submit an already completed short work of nonfiction/memoir at the beginning of the course. Over the next three weeks the student submissions will be group workshopped via a discussion forum and each student will give feedback on the other student's work. Students will then revisit their original submissions and revise them using the workshop critique and suggestions, instructor notes, and the ideas and materials that have been presented and discussed each week. On the final week they will submit their revised manuscript.
Students will be encouraged to develop their writing and revision skills within the context of Creative Nonfiction Memoir. We will learn to discuss, edit, revise and restructure our work. Our focus will be to learn how to fine tune a working first draft into a submit-able manuscript. The course will encourage students to consider the issues raised in the process of writing memoir, aiming to uncover various methods of confronting potential problems. Through lectures, group workshops, and discussions students will be provided information that they can use to analysis and revise their own writing.
Week 1: Editing – Trusting your editor: Learning how to accept criticism, critique, and feedback.
Student introductory discussion, and discussion on topic of lecture.
Students submit short work of nonfiction/memoir (no more than 10 pages) to the group forum for workshopping.
Week 2: Revision: Wordiness – Cut out the fat: Lean quick prose is the objective.
Student discussion on lecture topic.
Students workshop each other's submissions (first half of student submissions).
Students work on writing exercise and revising their original submission.
Week 3: Beginnings, Middles, and Endings – Revising structure, storyline, and all that's in between.
Students workshop each other's submissions (second half of student submissions).
Week 4: What's Missing? Beta readers, workshops, and writing groups.
Students discussion on lecture topic, and the revision process.
Students submit revised original submission of nonfiction/memoir (no page limit).
Sign up using the form below to notified when we offer this class next time! Email all of your questions to i2p@antioch.edu.
Creative writing is one of the most fulfilling ways to express yourself, and you're never too young or too old to give it a try. But writing the kind of book that keeps readers turning pages requires a special set of skills. Today's books are in competition with 3D movies, five hundred television channels, and thousands of video games. Far-flung travel and adventure are just a credit card away. But nothing grabs your imagination and holds it as firmly as a well-written book.
In this four-week course we'll focus on the balance of craftsmanship and imagination essential to creating compelling fiction while keeping your own, unique voice. In this class you will learn the time-tested elements of fiction and, through consistent instruction and practice, you'll discover which tools best serve your individual style and voice. Are you unsure which point of view to choose? Structure a problem? Writing convincing dialogue is a challenge? You've come to the right place!
This course is designed for those who have an idea for a book but are having trouble getting started, and for those who have started a book and are looking for guidance and mentoring to see them through to The End.
Explore the untapped power of your imagination.
Discover what your book wants to say.
Bring bland prose to life.
Write precise and sparkling dialogue.
Identify the selling points of your work.
How do writers create tension and anticipation without pandering or cheapening their writing? Together, we will examine and identify the essential elements in the compelling novel, and how to apply these elements to your work.
Week 1: Story structure and plot. Moving towards a complete, original, satisfying story sure to get your readers hooked.
Week 2: Escalating conflict. Selecting character journeys and creating credible, stimulating conflicts.
Week 3: Tension, suspense, shock and surprise. Devising reversals and planning dramatic situations more like thrilla than vanilla.
Week 4: Fear and dread are your friend! Weighing emotional tension against physical tension. Looking at your life for suspense.
* Lessons that you can implement immediately, and a comprehensive resource that includes everything you need to write a successful novel.
* Sharpened creative writing skills, including improved narrative arc, world-building, authentic dialogue, and character development.
* A portfolio of twenty-five peer-critiqued pages.
* An overall story-focused critique of your pages by Eduardo Santiago.
Eduardo Santiago's first novel Tomorrow They Will Kiss was an Edmund White Debut Fiction Award finalist and won Latino Book Award for Best Historical Novel. His next book, Midnight Rumba, won the New England Book Award - Best Fiction. His short stories have appeared in ZYZZYVA, Slow Trains, and The Caribbean Writer, his nonfiction was published in the Los Angeles Times, The Advocate, and Out Traveler Magazine. A sought-after book coach and story editor, Mr. Santiago has helped dozens of writers reach The End.
* Explore structural constraints to generate new material with imagery and other sensory detail.
We will begin with a brief tutorial on lyric essay and read the first short non-traditional piece. We will discuss the use of structure, and draft an original piece inspired by this form, due by Monday of Week 2.
In Week 2, we will read each other's Week 1: Menu drafts and offer reflective feedback. Additionally, we will read and discuss a new non-traditional piece in a different format, and draft a new original work inspired by this form, due by Monday of Week 3.
As before, in Week 3 we will read each other's Week 2: Recipe drafts and offer reflective feedback. Additionally, we will read and discuss a new non-traditional piece in a different format, and draft a new original work inspired by this form, due by Monday of Week 4.
In this final week, we will read each other's Week 3: Feast drafts and offer reflective feedback. As before, we will read and discuss a final non-traditional piece in a new format. During the week, there is the option to generate another first draft of new original work inspired by this form or to submit a revision of writing from the Menu, Recipe, and Feast weeks for group discussion and/or instructor feedback.
Explore what it means to write the community as a means of effecting change. We will study successful authors' stylistic approaches to writing for the community. We'll examine how figures in our local communities have valuable stories that too often go untold, simply because they do not have national acclaim. We will learn creative approaches to documenting and sharing the stories of these people and how this is an effective means to "building community through history" across seemingly intractable divides.
We will explore and discuss, through a brief lesson and assigned creative writing pieces, the key role effective characterization can play in writing the community. We will explore and discuss, through a brief lesson and assigned related texts, writing the community and writing to effect change. We will each draft an original piece based on what we learned in week one.
Week Two: Do You See What I See?
We will explore and discuss, through a brief lesson and assigned creative writing pieces, the key role effective imagery can play in writing the community. We will explore and discuss, through a brief lesson and assigned related texts, writing the community and writing to effect change. We will explore and discuss, through a brief tutorial, how to give and receive constructive feedback. We will read and discuss week one's original piece and each draft a new original piece (or take the option to build on the previous week's piece) based on what we learned in week two.
Week Three: Make a Scene!
We will explore and discuss, through a brief lesson and assigned creative writing pieces, the key role effective dialogue and balancing of scene versus summary can play in writing the community. We will explore and discuss, through a brief lesson and assigned related texts, writing the community and writing to effect change. We will read and discuss week two's original piece and each draft an original piece (or take the option to build on the previous week's piece) based on what we learned in week three.
Week Four: It's a Wrap (Up)!
We will read and discuss week three's piece. We will each pick one of the submitted pieces from the past three weeks to revise and polish into a final piece. We will receive one last round of feedback from each other. We will discuss submission or donation options of the final piece.
When we experience a traumatic event, our memories are affected. Our perception of that event, and previous events can be negatively influenced. This negative influence can manifest itself as fear, resentment, and anger. All, or any of these, will affect our behaviors, relationships, abilities, and self-esteem—in short, our entire lives.
By learning to decipher what are actual memories and what are imagined, we can navigate the emotional obstacles of guilt, fear, shame, ego, and resentment; while exposing whatever secrets we are holding onto that are causing us emotional pain. And, as writers, working through our trauma will open up vast areas that we previously feared to explore. This will not be therapy. It is more an honest evaluation of self that will result in writing an in depth personal essay.
• Participants will be encouraged to honestly write about their own traumatic event.
• Group discussions will focus on the way that we remember traumatic events by analyzing memory and how it is often at times faulty due to emotional input of resentments, the passing of time, and fear.
• Writing exercises will help examine perspective. By exposing the past we prevent it from continuing to influence the present. Allowing us to live healthier, more functional lives.
• Posting our work to the discussions will allow participants the opportunity to engage in divulging our secrets so we can lessen their influence on our present, and ascertain what is reality as opposed to our unhealthy misconceptions.
• Instructor will take the participants through the revision process from a first draft to a well-crafted personal essay.
Lecture: My Personal Experience with Writing About a Traumatic Event. Students will complete the first writing assignment. Student introductory discussion.
Lecture: Memory, The Reliability of, and The Influence of Emotions. Students will complete the second writing assignment. Discussion on lecture topic.
Lecture: The Emotional Effects of Shame, Guilt, Fear, Ego, Anger, Resentments, and Keeping Secrets. Students will complete the third writing assignment. Student discussion on lecture topic.
Lecture: Forgiveness: Of Self and Others. Writing assignment: revision. Student discussion on lecture topic, and the process of revision.
Each week there will be a lecture, a discussion forum, a writing assignment, and optional extra reading material. Instructor gives detailed feedback on the first assignment and works with participant to revise and edit that assignment for a final draft.


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Ryan says contentious Kavanaugh hearings electrified GOP base
By Brandi BuchmanOctober 9, 2018
October 9, 2018 By Missoula Current
House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., speaks to the National Press Club, Monday, Oct. 8, 2018, in Washington. Ryan is delivering an upbeat assessment of the GOP's accomplishments as he makes the case for his party in the November election. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
WASHINGTON (CN) – Midterm elections are a little under a month away and according to outgoing House Speaker Paul Ryan, the contentious battle to confirm Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh has electrified the Republican base.
Ryan delivered a speech at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Monday evening and told reporters that in his travels around the country in the last few days, he's noticed Republicans are "very animated" and more "activated" than ever before.
Ryan was largely out of the spotlight during Kavanaugh's nomination process.
The process, he said, is purely a Senate endeavor, giving him little reason to engage with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, after the testimony of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford.
Ford testified that Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when they were teenagers; Kavanaugh fervently denied the allegations.
Though mum on interactions with McConnell, Ryan heaped praise on another senator: Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine.
Collins used both the "right analysis" and "right tone" in a "tremendous" speech she delivered on Oct. 5 supporting Kavanaugh's nomination.
Aside from Kavanaugh, Ryan also spoke at length about the "accomplishments and achievements" he feels the GOP has amassed since President Donald Trump took office: securing major funding for U.S. defense, "overhauling" the Department of Veterans Affairs and passing sweeping tax reform in just seven weeks.
"Two years ago we faced a daunting challenge, our nation was on the wrong path, our economy was still muddling through the worst recession," Ryan said. "We, as House Republicans, we knew we had to go to the country with an agenda. We couldn't be the anti-Obama party, so we offered the country a better way…and we've delivered on that ever since."
Ryan also weighed in on Medicare for All.
The legislation – which was first introduced by Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont over three years ago – has received an increasingly warm reception of late from Senate Democrats eager to retake Congress in the upcoming election.
Expectedly, this push for single-payer health insurance is a mistake, Ryan said Monday.
"Even after the failures of Obamacare, this is still the direction the left wants to take our country: fewer choices, if any choice, all while having the government control this huge part of our lives, this personal thing for us…single payer is a bad idea," he said.
Quoting former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, Ryan quipped: "This is all brings to mind what Thatcher said about socialism – eventually you run out of other people's money."
During a Q & A session following his remarks, Ryan moved from economy to climate.
Weighing a recent report by the United Nations suggesting the earth is warming faster than anticipated and catastrophic impact could come as soon as 2030, Ryan played down questions focusing on the administration's push to roll back environmental regulations at the Environmental Protection Agency and elsewhere in federal government.
The answer to combating climate change is "better tech," Ryan said.
"Better investments, that kind of thing," he said. "We as a developed country are as clean as it gets, you have to deal with the developing world. India, China, that's where most of the pollution could be dramatically improved."
Ryan also considered the persistence of bitter partisan battles regularly unfolding on the national political stage.
The House Speaker said "outrage and hysteria" are bolstered by "social media and cable news rating chasing."
"It fuels tribalism and identity politics. As conservatives we abhor it," he said.
Ryan admitted to spending much of his speech Monday night "teeing off on healthcare," but that, he said, is a sound "political strategy."
"That's a bill, that's an idea. I rather have rigorous debate on ideas and talk about an uplifting inclusive agenda," Ryan said.
But Ryan's own super-PAC, the Congressional Leadership Fund, has relied on identity politics and tribalism to shore up its voters ahead of the 2018 midterms.
In Virginia, the super-PAC ran attack ads heavy with those sentiments when targeting Abigail Spanberger, a democrat running for a House seat in the state's 7th district.
Spanberger was once a teacher at a Saudi embassy school just outside of Washington, D.C. but in the Congressional Leadership Fund's attack ad, her professional experience as a CIA operative combating international and domestic terrorism was wholly omitted.
Instead, she was described repeatedly, as a "teacher for 'Terror High.'"

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REBECCA KASTLEMAN
Bio + CV
Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Virginia
I teach in the Department of English at the University of Virginia, where I am a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Drama. My scholarship tracks the global trajectories of modern theater and performance, with an emphasis on British and American drama in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Additional research interests include gender and sexuality, diaspora and migration, and the history of philosophy. My work has appeared in venues including Theatre Journal, Modern Drama, Theatre History Studies, American Theatre, The Year's Work in Critical and Cultural Theory, and Modernism/modernity Print Plus. My current book manuscript, Profaning Acts: The Drama of Religion on the Modern Stage, explores how Anglophone dramatists became newly fascinated with religion after the turn of the twentieth century, and demonstrates how playwrights' investigations of religious belief drew them into vexed encounters with global performance practices.
In 2017, I earned my PhD from the Department of English at Harvard University, where my work received the Howard Mumford Jones Prize. At Harvard, I taught in the Department of English, the Program on History and Literature, and the Theater, Dance, and Media concentration, and I was awarded multiple Certificates of Distinction in Teaching. Additionally, I have taught as a Visiting Assistant Professor at the College of the Holy Cross. From 2013–2016, I served as the Executive Director of the Mellon School of Theater and Performance Research at Harvard, where I was also Assistant Director from 2012–2013.


It's an unimaginable nightmare for those who haven't lived through it. Refugees who crossed the Mediterranean to come to Europe on dinghies and wooden boats remember women and children praying. They remember making one last phone call, because they were sure they would capsize and drown at any minute.
On some boats, they were "stacked" in layers of five people on top of each other, so the traffickers could make more money with each trip. After all, each person paid between €1,500 and €4,000 for the gruelling voyage. Up to 40 family members and neighbours collected the money needed to help at least one of their loved ones escape to Europe, the promised land.
Thamer, 22, from Iraq and 33-year-old Khabat from Syria, along with his wife and children, managed to survive the journey and make it to Germany after travelling through seven countries. Once there, they were lucky: after a stay in a refugee shelter, they came into contact with the Malteser International. The Catholic aid organisation provides refugees with so-called "integration pilots", people who help refugees cope with everyday issues and situations.
The "Human Cargo" art project was organised by Malteser in Ahaus, a small town in western Germany on the border with the Netherlands. On a recent Sunday in the Art Square Ahaus, several refugees were stacking wooden pallets, the kind found in cargo ships' freight holds, to create a large oval. In the centre of the space they put crosses and gravestones made of plaster, which symbolise the friends and family members who lost their lives crossing the Mediterranean.
Thamer's father was among those who died. Despite the loss, Thamer appeared almost cheerful while working on the installation. Ines Ambaum, the project's artistic director, explained: "Thamer is young and doesn't want to lose face," she said. "He wants to prove to the older men, especially the Muslims who keep picking on him because he's Kurdish, that he's a tough guy."
Ambaum said that many refugees "show different faces," depending on who they interact with. But with every day that the group has been working on the installation, the men and women have opened up to Ambaum more. Each screw they drilled into the pallets brought back more memories of the horrible trip across the sea.
The experiences that the men and women share reveal unspeakable suffering. Some men from Eritrea fled their home country along with their sisters. To protect them, the men claimed the women were their wives. A fatal mistake. The traffickers saw through the lie and decided to torture the families desperate to get onto their boats.
They demanded that the men sleep with their "wives" before being allowed on board. When the Eritreans refused, the traffickers raped the women. Several of the women only discovered they were pregnant when they arrived in Germany. Some of them committed suicide. "When you think about the fact that the people who had to go through this are being attacked by xenophobes and chased through the streets in Germany – that's like being raped all over again," Ambaum said.


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Munevar & Associates, Inc.
Resource Cores
Biotechnology Core
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Business Development Core
Life Science Partners
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Life Science Strategy and Innovation Team
Munevar & Associates, Inc. is a life science technology development and commercialization strategy consulting company founded and led by Dr. Steven Munevar. The company is comprised of an integrated, multidisciplinary team of researchers, technical, and business professionals, focused on supporting the development and commercialization of novel life science centered products and services. We provide, information, analysis, resource navigation, and perspective on an as needed basis, empowering your decision making where and when it is needed most.
Chief Innovation Navigator: Steven Munevar, Ph.D. , Cellular and Molecular Physiology, MBA
As a biomedical research scientist, Dr. Munevar contributed first hand towards the growth and advancement of life science research. Seeking to play a further role in the realization of the vast potential he observed during his tenure as a research scientist, Dr. Munevar set out to apply his multidisciplinary background in bioengineering, biomedical science, and business management towards bridging the gap between research bench and patient bedside. With this vision, Dr. Munevar sought to build a comprehensive bench to bedside technology development and commercialization solutions service geared toward realizing the potential of emerging biomedical research, leading to the inception of Munevar and Associates, Inc. Dr. Munevar set out to draw together a team of passionate and driven professionals with varying but complimentary backgrounds toward addressing challenging life science centered technology development and commercialization hurdles: An interview with Dr. Steven Munevar
Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR): Andrew Johnson, Ph.D., Cell and Molecular Biology, PMP
20 years of product management, business development, and technical expertise leading emerging and established companies to commercialization in proteomics, genomics and pharmacodynamics/ pharmacokinetics our EIR, Andrew Johnson (Andy) truly embodies the "master" entrepreneur We are truly excited to have Andy join our Munevar & Associates family and share his experience and expertise with our clients. You can learn more about Andy and gain further insight into all things life science commercialization at his blog: UpStart Life Sciences
Sharing a common goal of bridging bench to bedside, Dr. Munevar assembled a team spanning biomedical research/medicine, bioengineering/bio-computation, as well as MBA level business professionals (among others). Taken together, our multidisciplinary team encompasses the expertise and experience to successfully support your ongoing life science focused technology development and commercialization project needs. Below is a brief introduction to our Associate Navigators and Navigation Analysts that comprise the heart of the company.
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Name: Sulo Musyaju, Associate Navigator, Director of Finance
Degree: MBA, Masters in International Economics and Finance
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What are you passionate about: To be a part of solution, be challenged every day, and to mentor.
Name: Soumya Ray, Associate Navigator, Director of Bio-computing
Degree: Ph.D. Protein Crystallography and Biophysics
Expertise/Experience Synopsis: Research on developing new computational and experimental technology to facilitate small molecule discovery in neurodegenerative diseases, such as Parkinson's disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Alzheimer's disease. Extensive industry experience as Co-founder of Stemetix Pharmaceutical and independent consulting.
What are you passionate about: Applying multidisciplinary tools and technology toward solving life science challenges.
Name: Lu-Ann Pozzi, Associate Navigator, Director of Corporate Outreach, Director of Science Shaping Our World-SHOWTM
Degree: Ph.D. Immunology and Virology
Expertise/Experience Synopsis: Extensive career spanning academia and industry in the space of infectious disease and vaccine development. Has contributed extensively in a range of start-ups as well as larger life science companies and currently leads our educational outreach initiative, Science Shaping Our World-SHOW which is an ongoing seminar/networking series and professional development resource.
What are you passionate about: Communicating advancements in the life science space and creating greater community awareness around unmet need.
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Фред Фокс (; 22 січня 1884, Свіндон, Вілтшир, Велика Британія — 1 грудня 1949, Лос-Анджелес, Каліфорнія, США) — англійський помічник режисера та кіноактор. Він знімався у 12 фільмах в період між 1943 і 1949 роками. В 1934 році Чарльз виграв премію «Оскар», як найкращий помічник режисера.

Вибрана фільмографія
 1949: Привабливий обман / The Lovable Cheat
 1948: Поцілунками витри кров з моїх рук / Kiss the Blood off My Hands
 1948: Коло / The Circle
 1948: Знайти червону відьму / Wake of the Red Witch
 1947: Буффало Білл знову їде / Buffalo Bill Rides Again
 1944: Небесні дні / Heavenly Days
 1943: Уряд дівчат / Government Girl

Посилання
 Фред Фокс на сайті IMDb
 Фред Фокс на сайті AllMovie

Кінорежисери США
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Policy making and legislative authority is vested in the Mayor and five Council members. The Mayor and Council are elected at-large by City residents to serve four year terms. For the election of council members, candidates must reside in one of the City's five geographic wards. The candidate who receives the most votes (election by plurality) in each geographic ward is elected to office.
The City operates under a city council/manger form of government pursuant to the constitution and laws of the State of Georgia and the City of Holly Springs Charter. The City Manager is responsible for the daily operations of all City departments and possesses all of the administrative powers granted to the government under the constitution and laws of the State of Georgia and the City's Charter.


Liquor City introduces Generosity Water! Generosity is a global charitable organization that supplies underprivileged communities with sustainable water supplies by building wells. 768 million people do not have access to clean drinking water around the world. Generosity is sold globally and is now available in selected Liquor City stores.
For every bottle of Generosity sold, proceeds will provide 2 people with clean drinking water for 1 whole month. Generosity creates sustainable water supplies within communities by building wells from the proceeds of sales. By building these wells communities are able to gain access to sustainable water that is clean and drinkable.
Generosity water is a pH level of 10, Alkaline water – which has added health benefits due to having less acidity than regular tap water. Due to the lower acidity of the water, it also offers an unmatched, refreshing taste.
Why buy Generosity at Liquor City?
Not only does Generosity provide sustainable, clean drinking water to communities, it also assists women and children in undeveloped countries who have to walk our miles or more everyday to collect water. These daily routines have severe safety risks as well as negative health implications from carrying heavy containers filled with water.
Generosity Water is a humanitarian organization that is committed to ending the clean water crisis in developing countries, one community at a time.
Generosity water helps 2 people per bottle sold, helps save lives of adults as well as children to eliminate waterborne disease and helps with the water crisis due to lack of resources. The lack of clean drinking water and sanitation causes 80% of all disease and sickness in developing countries around the world. The leading cause of child mortality is poor sanitation and unsafe drinking water.
Make a donation by purchasing Generosity water at your nearest Liquor City. By purchasing Generosity water, all proceeds go to developing undeveloped communities' water and sanitation.
Be sure to make your contribution at Liquor City! Generosity Water is available for only R8 each or R192 per case (24 x 500ml)! It's the easiest way to make a difference.


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Rape statistics
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Anti-smacking Bill
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From jail to mansion for conman Michael Andrew Swann
July 16, 2013 by SPCS Leave a Comment
A FRAUDSTER who still owes millions of dollars will be freed from jail to live with a prominent Christchurch businessman in his Banks Peninsular mansion.
Michael Andrew Swann, 51, will be paroled to Alasdair Cassels' Governors Bay property, valued at about $1.35 million.
The home has an indoor pool, harbour views and is surrounded by a vineyard.
Mr Cassels confirmed yesterday that Swann would be living with him and his family, but only for a short time.
He said he received a call for help from Swann, who needed a place to stay after the Parole Board ruled another proposed address was unsuitable.
Mr Cassels first met Swann many years ago, but did not consider him a close friend. "The guy's served his time and he's trying to get himself rehabilitated – trying to get himself back into the workforce. Why should he be cast on the rubbish heap?"
Swann will be employed by a Christchurch company doing engineering and biotech work.
Swann's release from Christchurch Men's Prison comes after he has served less than half of his jail sentence. His release date is July 31.
Swann and his associate, Kerry Harford, were found guilty in 2008 of defrauding the then–Otago District Health Board of about $16.9m by invoicing the board for bogus computer-related services.
Swann, the health board IT manager at the time, was sentenced to nine-and-a-half years' jail with a non-parole period of four and-a-half years. He was ordered to repay the Crown $9.5m.
A Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment spokesperson said yesterday that only $3.2m had been recovered through the sale of seized assets, but the case "remains open".
Swann has acknowledged it is unlikely he will ever be able to repay the sum in full.
Former health board chairman Richard Thomson, who was sacked by Health Minister Tony Ryall after Swann was sentenced, said he was angry the "sociopath" would be released at his first attempt at parole.
Mr Thomson, now a Southern District Health Board member and a Dunedin city councillor, said Swann still refused to co-operate with the district health board over outstanding legal matters.
His refusal to sign a document continued to cost it money.
"He's a nasty piece of work," Mr Thomson said.
Swann had hoped to live at his boss' address, but the Parole Board was concerned at the potential for "collusion".
Swann appeared before the Parole Board again last month.
A psychologist's report assessed Swann as at low risk of reoffending and prison staff supported him in letters to the board.
As part of his release conditions, he is not to be involved in the oversight of any business, or handle another person's money or invoices relating to any business or commercial enterprise.
The Dominion Post. Tuseday, July 16, 2013, p. A2
Story by Blair Ensor
Fairfax NZ
1. SPCS Report: 11/11/2010
https://www.spcs.org.nz/2010/michael-swann-checketts-mckay-fraud-and-otago-dhbs-missing-6-million-report/
2. Convicted fraudster Swann freed
by Rosie Manins. 16 July 2013
http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/264949/convicted-fraudster-swann-freed
Former ODHB chairman Richard Thomson said Swann's release was not a surprise, but it was disappointing. He said Swann was not remorseful and the only lesson he had learned was not to get caught.
"My understanding is he will be going to live in a property that most of us can only dream about. And he will be doing so despite continuing to cause the population of Otago and Southland lost health opportunities as a result of his refusal during his prison term to engage with the board."
Mr Thomson was board chairman for part of the time when Swann's fraud occurred and consequently was sacked from that position in 2009 by Health Minister Tony Ryall. He remains a member of the Southern District Health Board.
Mr Thomson said Swann had caused the board ongoing legal costs but could have prevented the extra expense "with a signature and at no cost to himself".
"I believe he's done that deliberately, and I find it extraordinary the parole board has either not sought to establish whether he has co-operated in any way, or that the parole board has not considered his failure to do so indicative of his lack of remorse.
"The primary issue is whether this man co-operated to put right what he did that was wrong and I know, but am not at liberty to detail, that he has failed to do so.
"That to me is indicative of both his personality and of his complete absence of remorse," Mr Thomson said.
Filed Under: Crime, Enforcement Tagged With: defrauding, fraudster, Kerry Harford, Michael Andrew Swann, Michael Swann, ODHB, Otago Dstrict Health Board, Parole Board
Computer South Ltd finally Struck Off – Funnel for money laundering and fraud
December 26, 2010 by SPCS 1 Comment
Finally, on 24 December 2010, the Registrar of Companies struck off Computer South Ltd (which had its registered office for over 13 years with Checketts McKay Law, Wanaka), from the Companies Office list of registered companies. 'Directed' by plumber Peter Bruce Ibbotson since it was incorporated on 20 March 1997, with Iain Grant Fyfe, a partner in Checketts McKay, as one of its three original shareholders and its solicitor; the company continued to 'trade' up to as recently as 20 April 2009 when its Annual Return was filed on line by Fiona Browne, agent for Checketts McKay.
A Serious Fraud Investigation commenced in 2006 into the activities of the real "director" of Computer South Ltd, Michael Andrew Swann, found that it had no assets, no employees and filed no tax returns. It was used by convicted fraudster Swann, a banned company director and bankrupt, as his de facto bank account for laundering millions of dollars he gained by fraud from the tax-payer funded Otago District Health Board, while he was employed there as information technology manager from 2000-2006.
An online record dated 22 September 2006, made by Kathleen Elizabeth Bennett, agent for Checketts McKay, proves that 50% of Computer South shares, personally held by Iain Grant Fyfe, were transferred to Ibbotson, just days before the Otago DHB suspended their employee Michael Andrew Swann and launched their investigation into his financial activities in early October 2006. The Serious Fraud Office launched its own inquiry shortly afterwards.
Working closely with solicitor Iain Grant Fyfe, Swann squirrelled away millions of dollars over six years into Central Otago properties purchased by trusts set up by Checketts McKay in the names of people – presumably known to and nominated by Swann.
Convicted fraudster Michael Andrew Swann, who is currently serving a lengthy jail term for fraud, together with his convicted accomplice Kerry Gray Harford, defrauded the Otago District Health Board of $16.9 Million over six years (2000-2006).
Swann, ran Computer South Ltd as his personal de facto bank account for the laundering of millions of dollars of 'dirty money' obtained by fraud from the DHB, despite the fact he held no office in the company and held no shares. As a convicted bankrupt Swann was unable to hold shares in or direct any company.
As a banned director it was unlawful for him to play any significant role in the management and/or financial affairs of the company. The Otago DHB suspended suspended Michael Andrew Swann in early October 2006 for "gross mismanagement of DHB's IT procurements including delegation of authority and purchasing policies" then fired him.
For further background reading see:
Swann's Rolls-Royce lifestyle – the evidence. By Stu Oldham. Fri, 10 Dec 2010
http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/140143/swanns-rolls-royce-lifestyle-evidence
Police seek information on Swann assets. Sat, 25 Sep 2010.
http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/128160/police-seek-information-swann-assets
Filed Under: Crime Tagged With: bankrupt, Banned Director, Checketts McKay, Checketts McKay Law, Companies Office, Computer South Ltd, Fraud, Iain Grant Fyfe, Ian Fyfe, Michael Andrew Swann, Michael Swann, money laundering, Otago District Health Board, Peter Bruce Ibbotson, Peter Ibbotson, Wanaka
Computer South Ltd – Removal Notice Marks $16.9 Million dollar Fraud Fiasco
November 27, 2010 by SPCS Leave a Comment
Convicted fraudster Michael Andrew Swann, who together with his convicted accomplice Kerry Gray Harford, defrauded the Otago District Health Board of $16.9 Million over six years (2000-2006), ran Computer South Ltd as his personal de facto bank account for the laundering of money obtained by fraud from the DHB, despite the fact he held no office in the company and held no shares. (As a convicted bankrupt he was unable to hold shares in or direct any company).
Mr Swann's close friend Peter Bruce Bruce Ibbotson, a plumber of Warrington, was put in place as director when the company was incorporated in 1997. In the Dunedin High Court where Swann faced charges for fraud, Ibbotson admitted that he had had almost no involvement (2000-2006) in any management of governance aspect of Computer South Ltd, a company which the Serious Fraud Office reported owned no assets, employed no staff, filed no tax returns, and was controlled by Swann rather than listed "director" Peter Ibbotson.
A Notice of intention to remove Computer South Ltd from the Register of Companies under section 318(1)(b) of the Companies Act 1993, was issued by Mr Neville Harris, the Registrar, on 25 November 2010. [Read more…]
Filed Under: Crime Tagged With: Anna Devereux, Anna Laura Devereux, bankrupt, Checketts McKay, Companies Act 1993, Computer South Limited, Computer South Ltd, convicted bankrupt, Fraud, fraudster, Iain Fyfe, Iain Grant Fyfe, Kerry Gray Harford, Kerry Harford, Michael Andrew Swann, Michael Swann, money laundering, ODHB, Otago DHB, Otago District Health Board, Peter Bruce Ibbotson, Peter Ibbotson, Removal Notice, section 318(1)(b), Serious Fraud Office, Wanaka, Warrington
Computer South Ltd – A Dirty Money Depository – faces removal by Registrar
Computer South Ltd is well overdue in its obligation to file its 2010 Annual Return that was due in April 2010. The Companies Office website (www.companies.govt.nz) carries a warning to the company stating:
"This company is now overdue in its obligation to file an annual return. If the annual return is not filed immediately the Registrar will initiate action to remove the company from the register."
The Companies Office website document records show that it is directed by a Mr Peter Bruce Ibbotson, a plumber and long-term friend of convicted fraudster Michael Andrew Swann, who was appointed in 1997. All the Annual Returns for the company from 2003 to 2009 were filed on line by female employees of Checketts McKay (Wanaka). The 2001 and 2002 returns were filed by "Solicitors, Checketts McKay (Wanaka)". One of its principals Iain Grant Fyfe held 33% of the company's shares from March 1997 to 14 September 2006 and then 50% until 22 September 2006 when they were all transferred to Ibbotson.
The bank account of Computer South Ltd was where much of the $15.2 million Michael Swann defrauded from the Otago District Health Board, was deposited from 2000 to 2006. [Read more…]
Filed Under: Crime Tagged With: Anna Devereux, Anna Laura Devereux, Checketts McKay, Computer South Ltd, Iain Grant Fyfe, Iaine Fyfe, kick-back payments, Michael Andrew Swann, Michael Swann, Otago District Health Board, Peter Bruce Ibbotson, Peter Ibbotson, Wanaka
Michael Swann, Computer South Ltd and Checketts McKay Law
On 11 February 2010 Michael Andrew Swann was sentenced to 20 months jail for accepting $755,154 in bribes from long-term friend and business associate Robin Sew Hoy: the sentence to be served concurrently with his present jail sentence of nine and a half years for his part in defrauding the Otago District Health Board (ODHB) of $16.9 million.
Swann had pleaded guily to corruption (accepting bribes) in November 2009 and on 17 December 2009 he was convicted in a jury trial in the Dunedin High Court of a single charge laid against him under the Secret Commissions Act relating to 85 secret "kick-back" (inducement) payments he received from Sew Hoy. [Read more…]
Filed Under: Crime Tagged With: bribery, bribes, Checketts McKay Law, Computer South Ltd, Corruption, Fraud, Iaine Fyfe, Iaine Grant Fyfe, inducement, kick-backs, Michael Andrew Swann, Michael Swann, Otago District Health Board, Robin Sew Hoy, Secret Commissions Act, Serious Fraud Office
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Killah Priest - Ruta Maya - October 3, 2010
From the Kindle Rulez department... DJ Notion starts up a new weekly Sunday Sound Sessions with Killah Priest @ Ruta Maya tonight, Oct 3rd!
Walter Reed, better known as Killah Priest, Iron Sheik From The Middle East or Masada, is an American rapper and affiliate of the hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan. He is known for intensely spiritual lyrics loaded with metaphors and religious references. He is also connected to the Black Hebrew Israelites (specifically the Israeli Church of Universal Practical Knowledge) and the Nation of Gods and Earths (Five Percenters) through his rhymes, and is known for controversial and Afrocentric subject matter. He is also a part of supergroup The HRSMN along with: Canibus, Ras Kass, and Kurupt.
Priest first made himself known to the hip hop world rapping on two songs on the Gravediggaz album 6 Feet Deep in 1994, and followed this with two appearances on each of two Wu-Tang Clan solo albums, Ol' Dirty Bastard's Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version and GZA's Liquid Swords, both from 1995 (see 1995 in music). Liquid Swords in fact included a Killah Priest solo track titled "B.I.B.L.E. (Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth)". Also in 1995, Priest's group Sunz Of Man with rappers Hell Razah, 60 Second Assassin, Prodigal Sunn were signed to Wu-Tang Records and released three 12" singles through the label. Initially Sunz Of Man included Shabazz the Disciple, who had previously been in a duo with Priest called The Disciples, but Shabazz basically left the group before the contract with Wu-Tang Records was signed, thus only appearing on the B-side "5 Arch Angels".
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Q: How to use roman numerals for backup slides on beamer? I'm making a LaTeX presentation using beamer, and I'd like to prepare some slides for possible questions I can be asked for.
I find how to ignore slides numbering in this post, but I don't like the result, which is roughly the following:

Slide 1/n Slide 2/n...Slide n/n [from here questions slide] Slide (n+1)/n Slide (n+2)/n

What I would achieve is roughly the following:

Slide 1/n Slide 2/n...Slide n/n [from here questions slide] Slide I Slide II

How can I achieve it?

A: The following example:
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1/3, 2/3, 3/3, I, II.

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The Struggles of France's Three Strikes Law
By Danny O'Brien
As 2008 began, the international music industry was proudly predicting the dawning of a new age of co-operation between rightsholders, Internet companies and governments. The dynamic new President of France, Nicolas Sarkozy, together with Denis Olivennes, the head of France's largest consumer electronics and media retailer, had announced a new policy of "graduated response" for the French Net. Users accused of repeated copyright infringement online would be first warned, then suspended from the online world, and finally banned for a year if they did not tow the line. Music industry representatives heralded it as a model that should be imitated across the globe: in IFPI's 2008 report, its CEO John Kennedy said this was the year that "ISP responsibility" for protecting the music industry "becomes a reality".
Six months on from the original Olivennes report, with growing objections across Europe, collapsing support for Sarkozy's administration at home, and still no "three strikes" law on any statute books, the entertainment industry is getting a little antsy. Last week, the French RIAA, le Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique (SNEP), announced a deadline to Sarkozy's ministers. Hervé Rony, SNEP spokesman, said "it would not be acceptable" for the three strikes law to miss the French Parliament's Summer schedule.
It looks like SNEP's demands are not going to be met. Before the "Loi Olivennes" can even reach parliament, it has to be examined by the French Counseil d'Etat, the senior jurists that advise the French executive and acts as France's supreme court.
They are not rushing their analysis. Just why might be gleaned from the leaked copy of the law sent to them for consideration (provided by Squaring the Net in French). Even after being moderated from earlier drafts, the document still describes a stunning shift in judicial and enforcement, both offline and on.
After explaining exactly why drastic measures are necessary (to "prevent the hemorrhaging of cultural works on the Internet") 1 the document outlines a powerful new government body, the High Authority for the Distribution of Works and the Protection of Rights on the Internet (La Haute Autorité pour la diffusion des œuvres et la protection des droits sur Internet, or HADOPI).
As judge, jury, and executioner of "three strikes", HADOPI is born with wide-ranging powers over all French Internet users. The High Authority acts on reports of suspected infringement from rightsholder groups. Based on those accusations alone it can contact, warn, suspend and finally deny Net service to any French citizen. The High Authority has the right to obtain and peruse a year's worth of personal records from ISPs in the pursuit of their targets. They can order ISPs to include new filtering systems into their infrastructure, and can fine them up to 5,000 euros if they provide Net service to anyone on placed on the Authority's national Internet blacklist.
French Net users do not only have a new Authority sitting in judgment over them: the Loi Olivennes also requires them to police their own networks for the benefit of rightsholders. They will have an obligation to oversee their own network for Internet copyright infringement, and are liable for any infractions, even by strangers. Your only defense against the HADOPI guillotine is if you install on your home network one of their recommended "security devices". It's unclear what these may be: at minimum, it will be software to lock down your network shared drives, and ensure you never open your Wi-Fi again. The stage is set, though, for the government to recommend for home use the fingerprinting and monitoring systems that the copyright cartels are trying to push on YouTube and the phone companies. (And if you think such spyware at home is unlikely, remember that NBC recently pressured Microsoft to include such filters on your MP3 player).
If HADOPI's powers to cut users off, create government-required spyware at the ISP and home level, and pry into the private records of ordinary French citizens at the behest of a few music and movie companies seems draconian, you're not alone. This week, the French Internet trade group ASIC, which includes AOL, Yahoo, Google, Wikipedia, MySpace and others, wrote to the Ministry to complain about the disproportionality and injustices in the HADOPI procedure.
The beleagured Sarkozy administration (the President's support is now at 28%) is facing a great deal of criticism on many policy fronts, is looking at a packed legislative agenda for the Summer, and needs to divert executive resources for the upcoming French presidency of the EU. The last thing it wants to do now is to attempt to rush through a proposal that is deeply unpopular with both the public and business for the benefit of a single industry.
Three strikes is still on the agenda, both at the Élysée and in the recording industry's talking points. But its continuing rough ride through the French political system should stand as a warning to any other nation seriously considering it as a policy.
1. And, incidentally, misleads the Counseil d'Etat as to how widely the Olivennes proposal is being imitated elsewhere. The document claims that Canada is considering "three strikes", and that the United States has already implemented a similar solution as "a result of agreements between ISPs and rightsholders". Neither is true.
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Meet the Alliance for Encryption in Latin America and the Caribbean
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"Action Hero" blogger Melissa made her own beside saddle, a nice convenient place where she keeps her key items such as NY Times crossword puzzles, a journal, iPod Shuffle, glasses and the like. Melissa says "The nightstand I have on the one side of my bed is a series of three stacked metal boxes with the surface being large enough to only hold my alarm clock and a pile of books. However, there was no way I was going to spend $98, so I made my own." There are complete step by step photos up on her Flickr. Link.


In September 2016 I was accepted on the Scottish Cycling Performance Programme for Sprint where I have been lucky enough to work with Scottish Institute of Sport and Scottish Cycling to improve my sprinting. For me the training at first seemed relatively easy, coming from endurance these flying 100m efforts felt like a breeze however I soon adapted to the efforts and can now say a flying 50 seems like hard work. Through out the winter I trained on both the track and gym. The whole set up was very different to what I was used to as a GB apprentice, however I soon found myself in a routine which involves travelling to Glasgow 4 or 5 days a week for training. My first trip with SC was at the beginning of January, to Apeldoorn in Holland, to race in the Interland Junioren, The Next Generation Track Meeting where the top European Junior track riders were competing. This was my first race as a Junior and also my first international, so I was a little terrified but excited to get stuck in. On the Saturday morning I qualified 6th with a PB of 12.2, something I was totally shocked about. I then raced the keirin that afternoon in which I gained a lot of experience in and was happy with the result. The next day I raced the Match Sprint and 500 metre time trial and was happy to get another PB in my 500. To my first time going under 39 seconds which again was surprising as I was totally knackered following the journey to Holland and the weekends racing. British Senior Track champs took place at the end of January, I was surprised with how this week went considering I was also studying for my prelims at this point. The first race kicked off with a f200 metre qualifying in which I was so shocked and surprised to gain another pb of 12.06. This put me in good spirits ahead of the next few races and at the end of day 1 I was happy to finish 7th in the sprints as a first year Junior in the Senior Championships. Day 2 of British brought on the keirins in which I discovered I have a lot still to learn. Day 3 brought the 500 in which I rode another PB of 37.3 seconds, a real boost and great way to finish my first Senior Championships. My next race was the Good Friday Easter meet in London, I travelled down with SC on the Thursday morning and this marked the start of our 4 day long 'camp'. The drive down consisted of lots of eating, sleeping, singing and discussions regarding tactics and the next few days that lay ahead. The race was different to others as both boys and girls were placed in the ' White Hope Sprint', giving us more opportunities to race the boys. Racing started on the Friday with a flying 200 qualifying, no PB but it was then onto the sprints. After racing on the Friday, it was straight back up to Glasgow for 5 hours sleep before gym on the Saturday. On the Sunday we went for a group road ride in some typical Scottish weather (rain, hail and wind) followed by another long drive down to Manchester that afternoon for the Easter Monday track meet where I had the opportunity to just smash myself and race both sprint and endurance races. No results of note. It was then straight into my Higher exams over the month of May before I jetted of into an awesome week chilling out in Tenerife followed by a school trip to Italy, all in the space of 2 months. Hard life. It was then straight back from Rome into Scottish Junior Track Champs the very next day. I was racing the 500 metre TT, Scratch and Sprint. On the Friday night I rode to my first gold medal after winning the 500. It was then onto the scratch race which came as a bit of a shock as I remembered I probably hadn't ridden 40 laps in a few months.... Sunday morning brought another gold medal in the Junior Women's Sprint The weekend was successful and times were surprising after 5 days touring Rome and climbing Volcanos Next up is the Junior British champs in August in Newport , which I hope to gain some big PBs and hopefully podium.


Name 3 things that made tourism easier.
What is the highest point from the center of the earth, and in what country is it located?
Other than the Atlantic and Pacific, name 2 oceans.
Over 2/3 or the planet earth is covered with salt water.
The prime median runs through what world capital?
The globe is divided into how many hemispheres?
Language is NOT an important aspect of culture.
What are the 4 themes of geography?
Location, place and space, movement, and region.
Why does the Red Sea have more salinity than the ocean?
In what state was the first permanent European settlement?
What's a Rocky Mountain high?
Longest river is the US.
What was the last state to enter the Union?
In what state is the Grand Canyon?
What is the only great lake located totally within the US?
What state has the highest population?
Where did the Wright brothers fly the first plane?
Capitals that were once National capitals.
4 points of contiguous US.
Key West, Lubic Maine, Angle Inlet MInnesota, Cape Alva Washington.
What is the first area in the US to see the sunrise?
In what era did early tourism reach its height?
What are the 6 "stans"
landmines, poppy fields, and was lords limit tourism. Have had 12 year of the Taliban.
4/5 desert, door to hell burning for 30 years from natural gas.
Drained the Aral Sea, feeds water all the way to Russia.
Some of the oldest cities in the world, along the silk road between China and Europe.
Landlocked by China and Russia, south is the Gobi desert, and has many dinosaur bones.
Only has one airport, land of the thunder dragon, no independent tourists.
What is the highest point from the center of the earth and in what country is it located?
Why would people visit Paris, rather than Oslo?
Due to society's perception that Paris is the ultimate romance destination, although there are other options.
What does intervening opportunity mean?
Substitution of one place for another, ex. Mall is built, so people no longer shop downtown.
How can the "economic impact" affect a country or region in tourism terms?
Can create new businesses, jobs, and can bring more money to the area for purchase of goods, food, merchandise, etc.
Tourism is economic, social and cultural, and environmental. What is most positive?
Travel industry in the US ranks ___ in size.
Colonists in Boston and ___________ dumped tea in their respective harbors as a protest over taxes.
Two major river systems in North America?
Half of visitors to the US come from.
French influence is most prevalent in what Canadian province?
What is the major river system that separates Canada from New York and drains the Great Lakes into the Atlantic Ocean?
Tourism in Cana is marked by a high degree of seaonality, true or false?
What Canadian island is among the 5 largest in the world?
This Bay, between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, has one of the highest vertical ranges of the world?
Prior to tourism, the economy of the Caribbean was dependent on _______________.
90% of Canadians live within 100 miles of the US border.
What country is #2 in international tourism to Canada?
These people moved to Louisiana when the British forced them out of Nova Scotia.
National Summer Sport of Canada.
Besides Vancouver, what other Canadian city has hosted the Winter Olympics?
What Canadian territory comprises almost 1/5 of all Canada.
The farthest east of the windward islands.
1990 market segment has had the greatest growth in tourism impact in the Caribbean.
What is the name of the island shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic?
The US purchased the US Virgin Islands from ___________ during WWI.
In Guatemala there is a famous Mayan ruin.
3/4ths of the Central American countries have this in common.
The Mayans, Aztecs, and ______________________ were the dominant cultures in Central America prior to the arrival of the Spanish.
________ was the dominant force in Central America in the 16th-19th century.
This Central American nation was formerly part of the South American country, gaining its independence in the early 20th century.
What Central American country is know for its many national parks and its canopy tours?
__________ is sometimes known by its geographical peculiarity. It is an isthmus.
___________ has a reef system considered second only to the Great Barrier Reef.
A new 7 Wonder of the World and located in Guatemala.
There are __ independent South American countries.
___________________ are the only 2 countries in South America that don't share a common border with Brazil.
___________ is the mountain range that is prevalent on the western side of South America.
South America attracts less than ___% of the worlds tourists.
Is Lake Maracaibo the largest lake in South America? Why?
False, it is not the largest because it's an inlet.
What country in South America is home to the European Space Program?
The next world cup will be held where?
What 2 South American countries don't have sea access?
What is the only South American country that is still controlled by Europe?
Wine is a major export of what 2 South American countries?
What is the waterfall that's a major attraction for 3 countries and is larger than Niagara Falls?
Buenos Aires is known as the ______ of South America.
Ireland, the UK, and Iceland are all island nations of Europe. True or False.
The Netherlands are famous for windmills, tulips, and Madurodam? What is Madurodam?
What is a main tourist destination in Germany?
In reaction to Muslim extremist, what country banned head coverings in public spaces?
What 2 countries are considered to be a part of the Iberian peninsula?
What is the body of water that separates Europe from Africa?
What Scandinavian country shares a border with Russia?
Urban legend says that Walt Disney modeled Cinderella's castle after a German castle.
What are 3 countries that returned to the map of Europe after the breakup of Yugoslavia.
What is the mountain range in Russia that is commonly used as the dividing point between Europe and Asia?
What would someone want to visit St. Petersburg?
The city has many iconic buildings reminiscent of old world, pre=communist Russia. Architecture of cathedrals and huge highlight.
_________ has the most repressive communist government in Europe prior to installing a democratic govt in the 90s. It has little to no tourist interest.
3 countries located in the Arabian Peninsula?
These 2 Iraqi rivers helped form the "Cradle of Civilization."
Name the 5 countries of North Africa.
The longest river in the world bisects one North African country. What is the name of the river?
Why was Giza a popular tourist destination?
Spain still has territory in what North African country?
Moroccan Imperial city famous for souqs. What is the city and what is a souq?
Marrakech, and a souq is the popular shopping area to purchase handmade Moroccan goods.
The ruins of Carthage are located in what North African country?
80% of this country's tourists come from other Arab countries.
All 5 North African countries are dominated by this desert.
One of the N. African countries is a major oil producer, which is it?
The Suez Canal connects the Mediterranean Sea and what other body of water?
The 2011 "Arab Spring" began in what country?
Name 5 countries of Sub-Sahara Africa.
Africa is one of the largest and most visited continents.
In what country does the Nile River begin?
What country was known as the "African Riviera" before its recent political struggles?
What are 3 of the former Colonial powers of Sub-Saharan Africa?
In what country is Kilamanjaro located?
A majority of Namibian tourists come from what country?
What is blue and white and travels North?
What country's dependency on charcoal trade is endangering the lowland gorilla?
The newest nation in the world is...?
What 3 religions play a dominant role in India?
Myanmar is one of the most visited countries in SE Asia.
What mountain range separates the Indian Ocean nations from the North?
What are limiting factors to Indian Ocean countries?
A lot of poverty, overcrowding, and political unrest.
India is described as a nation of villages yet has the second highest population in the world.
In memory of an emperor's deceased wife.
The main reason for tourism to the Maldives is?
2 major rivers of Indian Ocean countries?
Pakistan and India have strong ties with what country?
Thailand was known as _____________ for many years.
What was Bangladesh known as when it was first separated from India?
In what country will you find the greatest change in altitudes in the world?
What 2 countries have Caspian Sea coast lines?
What country is associated with the former Kingdom of Timur and has some of the most fantastic architecture in the region?
Bhutan has a very open and liberal policy welcoming tourists to the country.
What famous road goes through many countries in this region?
The suffix "stan" in a countries name means what?
What capital was also the name of the team Lance Armstrong represented in the 2009 Tour de France?
Irrigation projects are slowly killing this lake (called a sea). It was once the 4th largest lake in the world.
What are two island nations in East Asia?
The Pearl (Xi) River is a major river in this region.
For almost a thousand years ___________ was the capital of Japan.
Honindo is a major island of the Japanese Archipelago.
What limits travel to Japan.
What city is a gateway for South Korean tourism?
What country dominates the tourism arrivals to South Korea?
The Three Gorges are along what river in China?
What countries in Asia hosted the Olympic games?
Universal and Disney have both announced future Theme park developments in this region. In what countries would these be located?
The former colonial territory is reinventing itself as a gambling mecca?
Where would you go to find pandas?
Oceania is divided into 3 island groups.
In what country is Mt. Kosciusko?
The Southern Alps are part of New Zealand's mountain range.
What are some things that limit travel to Australia?
Price of flying, centrally located in Pacific.
The most important market in Tahiti Tourism is...?
Adventure? Sea, sand, and sun?
Why is Rotorua and important tourist destination in New Zealand?
Just south of Alice Springs (close to the geographical center of Australia) is the Uluru National park which features this famous land mark.
What is the form of government that distinguishes Tonga?
All of the countries of Oceania (except one) have this in common.
This large island is part of Australia and is famous for its devils.
The first European settlers in Australia came from this class of people.
Prisoners from the British govt.
The survivors of the Bounty ended up here.


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Tupari
ETHNONYMS: Haarat, Wakaraü
The Tupari inhabit the headwater region of the Rio Branco, a right tributary of the Rio Guaporé in the state of Rondônia, Brazil. They speak a language of Tupían affiliation and refer to themselves as "Haarat." Their population prior to the invasion of their territory by rubber collectors in 1920 is estimated to have been 2,000. Subsequent assimilation into mestizo society and outbreaks of epidemic disease caused a sharp demographic decline. Modern population estimates suggest that 56 Tupari survive near the Pororoca Post and perhaps many more in little-explored upstream areas on the Rio Branco. In the process of acute acculturation, much of their traditional culture has been severely altered or lost.
Before contact with the Western world the Tupari constructed beehive-style communal houses that sheltered 150 or more occupants; each house constituted an autonomous settlement. Built around a central post, the houses were covered with palm thatch and measured 11 meters in height and 21 meters in diameter. Inside, between twenty and thirty nuclear families occupied juxtaposed spaces along the roof, which rose from the ground at an acute angle. The family compartments were not separated by dividers, nor were there any other wall-like partitions in the house. Single roundhouse communities of this kind were located at a distance of 10 to 15 kilometers from each other.
The traditional Tupari diet relied mainly on swidden horticulture. During its first year, a new garden plot was planted with maize, yams, peanuts, beans, bananas, sugarcane, tobacco, cotton, and urucú. Manioc was planted during the second year. The preparation of a garden entailed communal work in which both men and women participated. Men cleared and burned the plot. The tasks of cultivation and harvesting were accomplished jointly by men and women, that of transporting the crops by women. Crops were stored on covered platforms near the communal house or on shelves above the family quarters within the dwelling. Roots, mushrooms, and the wild fruits of palms and other trees were gathered to supplement the garden crops; the Tupari did not, however, eat palm shoots.
Hunting provided an important part of the diet. Although large game animals like tapir, deer, and peccaries were rare in their territory, the Tupari often hunted different kinds of monkeys, especially spider monkeys, which were plentiful. Large birds were shot from behind blinds in trees or on the ground. Caimans, tortoises, and snakes were also eaten. The men hunted with bows and arrows, basketry contraptions, cudgels, and machetes. Armadillos were smoked out of their burrows.
The characteristically shallow rivers and streams of the tribal habitat contain only small species of fish, and fishing was of little importance to the Tupari. Herring-sized fish were mainly caught in the dry season. Women took them from drained pools with their bare hands. Men caught them by applying various kinds of barbasco poisons, by setting fish baskets in weirs and dams, and by shooting them with bows and arrows. Fish hooks were adopted from Brazilian settlers.
The Tupari kept dogs and a few chickens and ducks. The meat and eggs of the domesticated fowl were eaten. A notable feature of the Tupari economy was the raising of the grubs of a certain forest fly ( Cyphomyia cyanea ) as food. The dregs of maize, manioc, and/or other root-crop beer were placed into the lower part of a severed hollow section of the jaracatiá tree, measuring about 110 to 120 centimeters in length and 30 to 40 centimeters in diameter. Attracted by the odor of the fermenting dregs, the flies laid their eggs in the moist sediments. Within a few days the bottom of the tube crawled with a multitude of 1.5centimeter-long grubs that were gathered and eaten raw or toasted to accompany a meal of roasted maize. Palm-borer grubs were also gathered and eaten.
Women prepared food in earthen cooking pots and by toasting; they also brewed large quantities of chicha beer. Men grilled meat, and sometimes fish, on barbecues. Steaming food in leaf wrappers was done by men and women alike. Women fetched firewood and water and were generally in charge of carrying loads.
Tupari men built houses, storage structures, and bridges and were responsible for clearing and maintaining roads. They manufactured stools, mortars and pestles, bows and arrows, and fire drills, as well as other wooden utensils such as spindles, weaving accessories, and combs. Using twisted palm fronds, bamboo strands, and similar basic materials, they produced mats, baskets, sieves, and fire fans. Hammock ropes and bowstrings were also made by the men. Women were the potters and made undecorated earthenware of different shapes and sizes. They also spun cotton and twisted tucum -palm fiber ( Astrocaryum sp.) for cordage. Women made hammocks, baby slings, and decorative arm and leg bands of cotton; they also used tucum fiber in the production of carrying nets.
The basic social and economic unit of Tupari society was the nuclear family. Some twenty to thirty nuclear families occupied fixed family spaces in the communal house and—in the absence of organizations such as sibs, phratries, moieties, or clans—Tupari life of the mid-1900s evolved within bilateral kindreds with only a weak and conditional unilinear emphasis. Elder members of the group, however, recalled the existence in former times of several named subtribal groups (sibs?) to which individual local communities were said to have belonged.
The kinship system of the Tupari was of the Omaha type, featuring a cousin terminology that classed patrilateral cross cousins with sister's children, matrilateral male cross cousins with mother's brother, and matrilateral female cross cousins with the mother and the mother's sister. Parallel cousins were classed with siblings. Marriage could be either endogamous or exogamous, depending on the availability of marriageable partners; interethnic marriages were permissible. A father usually chose a bride for his son and discussed a prospective marriage with the bride's parents. Initial uxorilocal residence was superseded by virilocal residence after the young couple had established a household of their own and had prepared a garden. The groom gave the father of his first wife a gift of weapons and body ornaments. No bride-price was required to seal polygynous unions; divorce was frequent.
The members of a village community recognized a chief who distinguished himself by exceptional intelligence, generosity, diligence, and vigor. He had to excel as an effective speaker within his community and vis-à-vis outsiders and needed to succeed in mustering the voluntary labor required to prepare his many fields. This enabled him to provide large quantities of food and beer for ritual celebrations and secular festivities. The office of the chief passed from father to son only if the aspirant possessed the requisite personal qualities. In former times local headmen functioned as war chiefs, but paramount chiefs over various local communities were absent.
The Tupari believed in the existence of supernatural beings who inhabited heaven and earth in human and in animal forms. In addition, various parts of the human body continued to exist after death as distinct spiritual entities or souls. Tupari cosmology featured a three-tiered universe consisting of the cosmic vault, the earth, and the netherworld. The celestial upper level was inhabited by primordial spirits in animal form. The terrestrial middle level was visualized in the form of a flat dish with a raised rim that supported the celestial vault. The latter was held up by an imaginary infrastructure of vertical poles similar to the ones that supported the thatch of the communal house. The poles of the sky vault were held together by the embrace of Patsíare, one of the primordial spirits. The center of the earth was occupied by the Tupari, who were surrounded at some distance from the center by other ethnic groups and primordial spirits in human form. The inhabited earth extended to its upturned rim, but there was no ocean within or beyond that ambit. Encircling the earth was an enormous serpent. The lower level of the netherworld was populated by half-human and half-animal creatures from which humankind originated, and the occupants of the lower plain were believed to be individuals who had failed to leave the netherworld at the time of human origin, when spirit guides led ancestral ethnic groups to their habitats on earth. The primordial spirits of both the sky world and the earth interfered variously in humankind's daily affairs. Their interventions, however, were benevolent and stood in sharp contrast to the mostly evil actions of certain souls of the dead. On their visits to the spirit world, shamans learned the particular song of each primordial spirit and passed them on to the members of their respective communities.
Whereas both male and female supernatural shamans were believed to officiate among the primordial spirits, only men practiced shamanism among humans, and the shaman's office was not hereditary. A local community had one or more fully installed shamans, and often a shaman functioned simultaneously as chief. Prior to becoming recognized as a full-fledged shaman a neophyte was subjected to an initiation ceremony. By inhaling parica ( Piptadenia sp.) and tobacco snuffs he entered into a state of trance and met the ancestral shamans of his group. Shamans functioned as priestly intermediaries between the natural and the supernatural worlds: they cured illnesses resulting from spirit intrusion by sucking, blowing, and gesticulating; they acted as sorcerers; and they controlled the weather. Through lengthy rituals and curing séances, shamans perpetuated the religious traditions of their people and assisted them in their efforts to secure a tolerable existence in the hereafter.
Music played a major role in Tupari life. Individually or in small groups, either mixed or sex-segregated, the Tupari sang for their own pleasure. Shamans chanted solo in ritual contexts. Antiphonal singing by one or two lead singers alternating with a mixed chorus accompanied certain dances at secular drinking festivals. On other festive occasions, male music masters played clarinets and women sang. Some dances were conducted separately by male or female participants, whereas others were performed by men, women, and children together. Additional musical instruments played for personal enjoyment, as dance accompaniment, or shamanic music included composite trumpets of various kinds, flutes, panpipes, rattles, and rattle strings.
Sickness and death were believed to be the result of sorcery or natural causation. The Tupari buried the dead either inside the communal house or outside the village. A chief was invariably buried indoors and his house was burned, along with his personal belongings and stores of maize and peanuts. Commoners were buried inside the house if it was old and about to be abandoned anyway. Several hours after death, the corpse was carried in its hammock to a shallow grave that had been excavated by members of the deceased's family. The corpse was placed in the grave faceup in prone position and with down-turned hands laid on its lower abdomen. The head and feet were propped up by slipping ceramic bowls under them. The face was shielded with a receptacle made of palm stipule, and the entire body was covered with straw mats and banana leaves. Pepper pods were placed on this cover to protect the dead from evil spirits. The dead person's personal belongings were destroyed and either placed inside or burned on top of the grave. Women were buried with their body ornaments, broken pots, and carrying nets; similarly, men's ornaments and stone axes accompanied them into the grave. Throughout this burial process the female relatives of the deceased kept up a mournful wailing. Shamans did not become ritually involved with a dying person or in any mortuary practices. Only days after the interment did they initiate a cycle of shamanic rites to further the deceased's accommodation in the other world.
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JOHANNES WILBERT
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Coast Guard, FEMA, Cal OES Meet to Discuss Emergency Response in San Francisco
May 15, 2019 Robb Mayberry 0 Comments
SAN FRANCISCO — Top officials from the Coast Guard, FEMA and the California Office of Emergency Services met in San Francisco and held a press briefing Wednesday at the San Francisco Ferry Building.
Adm. Karl Schultz, the Coast Guard commandant, Mr. Robert Fenton, the FEMA Region 9 administrator, and Mr. Mark Ghilarducci, the California Office of Emergency Services director, and several representatives from local partner agencies met to discuss shared concerns and issues facing the complex maritime environment in and around the San Francisco Bay Area while aboard Coast Guard Cutter Tern, an 87-foot Patrol Boat homeported in San Francisco.
Top Officials from left to right: Major General David Baldwin, Adjutant General of California National Guard, Mr. Robert Fenton, FEMA Region 9 Administrator, Admiral Karl Schultz, Coast Guard Commandant and Mr. Mark Ghilarducci, California Office of Emergency Services Director.
Top officials gather for a photo at the San Francisco Ferry Building.
Admiral Karl Schultz, Coast Guard commandant, briefs the media about maritime commerce and emergency response.
Agency members discussed the importance of waterways, ports and the maritime environment during emergencies such as earthquakes and terrorist attacks and how multiple agencies will work together to meet the region's economic and transportation needs. Schultz discussed the Coast Guard's Maritime Commerce Strategic Outlook and its mission of keeping the waterways and ports open after an incident.
"Back in the fall, we rolled out what we call the Maritime Commerce Strategic Outlook," said Schultz. "It's a 10-year vision for the evolving, increasingly complex maritime environment. One of the things that's essential to that is unity of effort, collaboration, and teamwork. These are deep partnerships and today was a strengthening of those partnerships."
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